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While better-than-expected data for November offers hope for UK economy, clouds remain on the horizon• UK economy grew by better-than-expected despite budget uncertainty• Business live – latest updates• UK politics live – latest updatesAt the end of la…
Results for 2025 risk further unsettling economies about China’s trade practices and overcapacity, and their own over-reliance on Chinese productsChina has reported a strong export run in 2025 with a record trillion-dollar surplus, as its producers bra…
Plan will start with TransPennine upgrade with new line connecting Liverpool and Manchester in second phaseLong-awaited plans for better railways across the north of England have been given government backing with an undertaking to “reverse years of ch…
Carmakers such as MG, BYD and Chery are set to pass 200,000 mark in sales, analysis suggests, double 2024’s totalChinese brands are on course to account for one in every 10 new cars sold in Britain during 2025, a marked increase on last year as sales i…
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the GreensThe Green party leader, Zack Polanski, is offering voters “unicorns” and Labour must confront his “fantasy” solutions such as the idea …
Combination of concern about economy and household cost pressures will continue to limit spending, report suggestsUK consumers are reluctant to spend going into 2026 despite feeling almost as secure about their personal finances as they did at the begi…
Exclusive: Blair-era minister echoes concerns about young people being priced out of jobs, in intervention likely to dismay Labour MPsThe future of the youth minimum wage will come under review as part of a major inquiry into rising inactivity among Br…
ONS figures show public sector net borrowing was £11.7bn – £1.9bn less than in same month last yearThe UK government borrowed more than expected in November, official figures show, amid pressure on the economy before chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn b…
House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequateYoung people will suffer most from the government’s failure to take seriously the unsustainable pressure on public finances and living standards…
Quarter-point cut widely forecast in City following steep fall in inflation and weak economic dataThe Bank of England has cut interest rates by a quarter point for the fourth time this year, delivering a pre-Christmas boost to the struggling UK economy…